Hamasasp IV. Mamikonjan

Hamasasp IV. Mamikonjan ( Armenian Համազասպ Դ Մամիկոնյան , French: Hamazasp IV (D) Mamikonian) was a prince of Armenia from the Mamikonjan family . His reign from 655 to 661 was marked by the predominance of the Arabs in Armenia.

Life

Hamasasp was the son of Nacharar Davit Mamikonian (around 600). Cyrille Toumanoff suspects that Davith Mamikonian could have been the son of Vahan II the wolf , who was himself the son of Mouschegh II Mamikonjan , the Marzban (governor) of Armenia (590-591). But the only source on Vahan II is the story of Taron , by Hovhannes Mamikonian , a Byzantine work whose historicity is in doubt. Christian Settipani considers Davith Mamikonian to be the son of another Hamasasp Mamikonjan, who was also the son of Mouschegh II Mamikonjan.

The predecessor in office Theodoros Rštuni was replaced by Hamasasp Mamikonjan by order of the Arabs . He turned against the Byzantine Empire and broke with the "traditions" of the family. His term of office ended around 661. His brother Grigor I Mamikonjan was his successor. In Sebeos , Hamasasp is described as "a person who was outstanding in all aspects, loved his family life, reading and exercise".

family

According to Cyrille Toumanoff, Hamasasp married a daughter of Theodoros Rštuni, who gave birth to three sons:

• Mouschegh IV., Sparapet 660-693,
• Hrahat, bl. 732, ancestor of the later Mamikonjans,
• Artavsde, bl. 693, possibly the ancestor of a family in Byzantium associated with the Armorier dynasty (Φρυγική Δυναστεία).

Settipani paints a different picture: according to this representation, he had no sons. Accordingly, Mouschegh V. , sparapet 706-709 and the ancestor of the later Mamikonjan and Artavazd Nacharar († ~ 709) was the ancestor of the Byzantine line.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Toumanoff 1990: 331-332.
2. ^ Settipani 1991: 38, 47. and Settipani 2006: 138.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Settipani 2006: 138-142; 309-310.
4. ^ "Un homme excellent à tous points de vue, aimant la vie de famille, la lecture et l'étude". Grousset 1947: 304.

literature

• René Grousset: Histoire de l'Arménie des origines à 1071. Paris, Payot 1947. (Reprints 1973, 1984, 1995, 2008) p. 305.
• Christian Settipani : Continuité des élites à Byzance durant les siècles obscurs. Les princes caucasiens et l'Empire du VIe au IXe siècle. Paris, de Boccard 2006: 142. ISBN 978-2-7018-0226-8
• Christian Settipani: Nos ancêtres de l'Antiquité: étude des possibilités de liens généalogiques entre les familles de l'Antiquité et celles du haut Moyen-Age européen. Paris, Christian 1991. ISBN 2864960508 .
• Cyrille Toumanoff : Les dynasties de la Caucasie chrétienne de l'Antiquité jusqu'au XIXe siècle: Tables généalogiques et chronologiques. Rome 1990: p. 332.

predecessor	Office	successor
Mushegh II. Mamikonian	Ishkhan Ishkhanats ′ 655-661	Grigor I. Mamikonjan